We will explore the underlying principles that will help you create, expand and/or refine your use of the “empty chair” method.
About this Event

Filling the Empty Chair
(Online Format)
Ken Meyer, Ph.D.

Sunday, November 3, 2024
10 am – 4 pm (EST) (with one-hour lunch break)
5 CE hours
$150

In this workshop we will explore the underlying principles that will help you create, expand and/or refine your use of the “empty chair” method. We will cover how there are several different uses of this process, some of the common misunderstandings of it, how to introduce it to clients, and why there are no “parts” in “parts work.” Most of all, you will learn how to avoid confusing your patients (and yourself!) with your use of this technique. This will be an experiential workshop for both therapists-in-training and those who wish to learn or revisit the power of this approach.

Objectives:

Understand the history of “psychodramatic” methods in Gestalt therapy.
Understand how to use “chairwork” for projection vs. introjections vs inner child.
Understand how chairwork fits with Gestalt psychotherapy theory.

Ken is Emeritus Faculty at the Center, where he has taught and supervised for over 25 years. He is a past president of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy and his articles have been published in several Gestalt journals and anthologies, including Self: A Polyphony of Contemporary Gestalt Therapists.